NIKON
SPEEDLIGHT
COMPATIBILITY
FLASH MODES AVAILABLE WITH NIKON SPEEDLIGHTS
The table below shows the available flash modes for each Nikon 8peedlight.
Available
flash
mode
Connection
Speed
light
Non
-TIL
TILauto
'1
Auto
'4
Manua
r
2
SB
-2
5,
SB
-2
4,
SB-22,
SB
-2
1B
'3,
SB
-2
0,
SB-
Direct
Y
es
Yes
Yes
16B
and
SB
-
15
SB-23
Direct
Y
es
No
Yes
SB
-
21A
and
SB-
16A
'3
Via
Fl
ash
Unit
Coupler
AS
-6
No
Yes Yes
Via
TIL
Remote
Cord
SC-23
Ye
s
Yes Yes
SB-11
,
SB-
14
and
Via
Sensor
Remote
Cord
SB
-
140
'4
SC-13
with
senso
r
unit
or
No
Yes Yes
Sync
Cord
with
AS-15
co
u
pled
'I
In
TTL
a
uto
flash
mode,
N90
came
ra
performs
Automatic
8i
Jlanced
Fill
-
Flash
or
Standard
TTL
Flash
.
For
details,
see
pp.
110
-
115
.
'2
Set
the
N90
's
exposure
mode
to
Aperture-Priority
Auto
or
Manual.
'3
The
differen
ce
between
S8
-2
1A
and
58
-2
18,
or
between
S8-16A
and
58
-
168
,
is
the
type
of
controller
a
ttached.
(
For
detaifs
,
see
specific
Speedfight's
manualj
.
'4
Ultraviolet
and
infrared
photography
can
be
performed
in
manual
flash
mode
only.
D :
Automatic
Balanced
Fill
-
Flash
pos
s
ible
.
108
When using Programmed
Auto exposure mode
Only
TIL
auto fiash mode can be
used.
With
88
-
25:
Tuming on the
88-25
automatically switches the flash
mode to
TIL
auto.
With other 8peedli
ght:
If
a fiash
mode other than
TIL
auto
is
set on
the speed light, tuming on the
8peedlight locks the shutter. In this
case
FE
E and exposure mode
indicator
(P or P
,)
blink
in
the LCD
panel, warning that the flash mode
should be set to
TI
L auto.